According to a Facebook post from the Holdenville Fire Department: Fire crews in Rescue 21 were dispatched to reports of a motorcycle vs vehicle collision around 7 a.m. this morning just south of Holdenville Lake. Rescue 21 was first on scene and found the patient as well as his motorcycle laying in the northbound lane blocking traffic movement. Fire crews positioned R-21 as a saftey block then began first aid/medical assessment steps while waiting for Hughes County EMS to arrive on scene which was just shortly after. It was soon found that the incident was actually a motorcycle vs deer collision. Crews prepared, loaded, and assisted EMS to transport the patient to a helicopter pad with critical injuries.

HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (KFOR) – Authorities say a man has died after a trench collapse in Holdenville.

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Reed Elementary’s Teacher of the Year for the 2022/2023 school year is Mrs. Jennifer Lening. Mrs. Lening grew up in Hughes County and graduated from Moss High School in 2005. She earned her associates degree from Eastern Oklahoma State College and went on to earn her bachelors degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. This is Mrs. Lening’s 11th year of teaching and her 7th year at Reed Elementary, where she currently teaches 3rd grade. Her teaching experience ranges from Pre-K to 8th grade and even Elementary P.E. Mrs.

If you weren’t aware that the West’s culture war is also a spiritual battle, let the martyrdom of Christ’s six precious saints in Nashville, Tennessee this week open your eyes. We “wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

NEW YORK – Emmy Award-winning composer Jerod Tate is preparing for a Carnegie Hall performance this March featuring famed Chickasaw astronaut and former Wetumka resident, John Herrington. Born in 1958, Herrington’s coming-of-age story unfolded during the golden years of space exploration.

Several students on the Holdenville High School Scholastic Team (pictured above) brought home medals at the Southeastern Oklahoma State College Scholastic Meet , earning top place finishes in several different subjects.

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